Piatnitzkysaurus

General Statistics

full-sized Piatnitzkysaurus

• Name: Piatnitzkysaurus floresi
• Name Meaning: Lizard of Piatnitzky
• Diet: Carnivore
• Length: 5-6 meters (16-20 feet)
• Time Period: Middle Jurassic (180-178 MYA)
• Classification: Megalosauroidea --> Piatnitzkysauridae
• Place Found: Argentina
• Describer: Jose Bonaparte, 1979

Dinosaur King Statistics

Arcade Stats

Piatnitzkysaurus has two appearances in the arcade, first as a Normal Move Dinosaur and later as a Wind Dinosaur, but its arcade nickname and card comments are the same in both versions.

• Arcade Nickname:
  • Japanese: 南米の毒牙
  • English: The Venom Fang of South America
  • Taiwanese: 南美毒牙

Move Card

Venom Fang arcade card

• Attribute: Normal
• Assist Move:
  • Venom Fang: Piatnitzkysaurus bites and poisons the foe!

Dinosaur Card

Piatnitzkysaurus arcade card (Japanese Kakushin 6th Edition)

• Attribute: Wind
• Sign: Scissors
• Strength: 1200
• Technique: 1000
• Attack:
  • Scissors (Critical): 700
  • Rock/Paper: 375
• Type: Poison Type
• Availability: As a Dinosaur Card, Piatnitzkysaurus was only available in the Japanese version.
  • Kakushin 6th Edition Hyper Battle Museum (New; 017-竜)

Japanese Kakushin 6th Edition Hyper Battle Museum

Japanese Kakushin 6th Edition Hyper Battle Museum (back)

Anime Stats

Venom Fang's anime card's front is never seen

• Attribute: Normal
• Owner: Shear (Spectral Space Pirates), Max Taylor (D-Team) (probably); Wild
• Location: Ancient Rome, 73 BC
• Appeared In: There's No Place Like Rome, Bad Deal
• Dinosaurs Defeated: None
• Defeated by: Chomp

Assist Moves

Venom Fang

Piatnitzkysaurus appears and breathes a cloud of poisonous gas at the opponent!

DS Stats

Piatnitzkysaurus size comparison vs. Max

• Elemental Attribute: None (Normal)
• Appears In:
  • Venom Fang (Scissors): Piatnitzkysaurus bites the foe's neck and slams them to the ground! It may rarely inflict Poison.
• Encyclopedia number: H06

TCG Stats

Piatnitzkysaurus

Piatnitzkysaurus TCG card

• Element: Wind
• Icon: Scissors
• Power: 1200
• Level: 2
• Life: 1
• Card Code: DKCG-079/160
• Card Rarity: Silver Rare
• Image From: (new art)
• Abilities:

[Sneak Attack] When this Dinosaur wins a battle, you can return it to your hand and then Dino Slash a Dinosaur that's not named "Piatnitzkysaurus" from your hand.

Sprinting Piatnitzkysaurus

Sprinting Piatnitzkysaurus TCG card

• Element: Wind
• Icon: Scissors
• Power: 1200
• Level: 2
• Life: 1
• Card Code: DKAA-041/100, DKAA-100/100
• Card Rarity: Silver Rare, Colossal Rare
• Image From: (new art)
• Abilities:

[Hunter's Vision] Your opponent must play with their hand revealed. At the start of your turn, discard 1 card. (Do this before drawing cards for the turn.)

Sprinting Piatnitzkysaurus Colossal Rare TCG card

Gladiator Piatnitzkysaurus

Gladiator Piatnitzkysaurus TCG card

• Element: Wind
• Icon: Scissors
• Power: 1200
• Level: 2
• Life: 1
• Card Code: DKDS-041/100
• Card Rarity: Common
• Image From: Ep. 54 anime scene
• Abilities:

[Team Up: +400] You can play this card as a Move that gives +400 Power.

In Move Cards

• Element: Normal
• Appears In: Venom Fang (DKCG), Poison Mist (DKBD)
• Image From (Venom Fang): Venom Fang Geki 1st/Kaku 6th arcade card
• Image From (Poison Mist): Venom Fang 07 1st(+)/S2 1st/New 1st arcade card

Venom Fang TCG card

Poison Mist TCG card

Anime

Mesozoic Meltdown

In There's No Place Like Rome, Piatnitzkysaurus was summoned by Shear's Yangchuanosaurus though Venom Fang in the Ancient Roman Colosseum to attack Chomp. It breathed a purple mist at him, but Chomp dodged it. Chomp then knocked Piatnitzkysaurus away and defeated it with Thunder Bazooka. Its card was presumably reclaimed by Max.

In Bad Deal, a group of differently-colored wild Piatnitzkysaurus were seen running from the forest fire that Gigas started with Magma Blaster in the Jurassic Period.

Character Design

Personality

Not much is known about the personality of Piatnitzkysaurus since it appeared only briefly in the episode, but it acted as a Move Card dinosaur normally would, assisting whoever summoned it, although it was a Space Pirate dinosaur. It appears to be very aggressive, but is neither a particularly good nor a strong fighter as it was unable to launch a successful attack against Chomp and proved to be more of an annoyance than an actual danger.

Trivia

• Dr. Taylor's arcade comments:
  • Japanese: 肉食恐竜で身軽な体をしている。集団でえものをおそっていたようだ。
  • English: A lightweight, agile carnivore that apparently hunted in groups.
  • Taiwanese: 身輕如燕的肉食恐龍。據說會以群體行動來進行獵食。
• DS Game Encyclopedia entry: A carnivore with a nimble body. It apparently attacks its prey in packs.
• When released as a Wind Dinosaur, Piatnitzkysaurus was one of the last new dinosaurs to appear in the Japanese arcade game (along with Edmontosaurus, Metriacanthosaurus, Agustinia, and Olorotitan).
• As a Dinosaur Card, Piatnitzkysaurus was the last new Wind Dinosaur in Dinosaur King.
• Oddly, it is the only one of the last wave of new Dinosaurs to not have appeared on a Move Card in the previous wave, despite itself having been part of a Move Card previously, owing to Normal Moves not appearing in the previous wave.
• In the franchise, Piatnitzkysaurus is portrayed with having four digits, but in reality it only had three on each hand.
• When Piatnitzkysaurus uses the Move Venom Fang as Wind Dinosaur, another Piatnitzkysaurus is summoned, although the dinosaur could do the Move itself.

Gallery

Piatnitzkysaurus as Wind Dinosaur in the Japanese arcade

Piatnitzkysaurus being summoned by Venom Fang

Chomp using Thunder Bazooka on Piatnitzkysaurus

Wild Piatnitzkysaurus from the Jurassic Period

Piatnitzkysaurus from NagoyaTV

Piatnitzkysaurus skeleton

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